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On the recordOctober 13, 2009
Efforts to reduce carbon emissions through the imposition of strict federal mandates as outlined in a cap and trade system are nothing more than a national energy tax.
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Bunning criticizes cap-and-trade as a harmful tax on energy.

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